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Calque of Aramaicחַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא(ḥayyā lə-ʿāləmā, literally “living thing of eternity, something living for the world”), itself together with Hebrewחַי הָעוֹלָם(ḥay hā-ʿōlā́m), חַי לְעוֹלָם(ḥay lə-ʿōlā́m) a calque of Ancient Greekἀείζωον(aeízōon, “houseleek”, literally “always-living”). Thus the meaning of perenniality got lost from Greek through Aramaic to Arabic since in Aramaic עָלְמָא(ʿāləmā) means “eternity” and “world”, chosen to render Greek ἀεί(aeí, “ever”), but the Arabic عَالَم(ʕālam) merely “world”.
